4 Tips To Secure Your Zoom Meetings

Zoom is a major target for cybercriminals right now - do you know how to make sure your meetings are secure?

by | May 4, 2020 | Tech Insights

4 Tips To Secure Your Online Zoom Meetings

Zoom is a major target for cybercriminals right now – do you know how to make sure your meetings are secure?

Zoom, the video conferencing solution, has become widely popular over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As useful as it is for keeping businesses communicating, the downside is that any technology that becomes this popular this quickly often attracts the attention of cybercriminals and troublemakers.

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2 Primary Security Risks With Zoom

  • Zoom-Bombing: Users have been reporting an increased rate of something called “Zoom-bombing”, which occurs when someone intrudes on your meeting to causes disruptions or eavesdrop on your conversation.
  • Stolen Credentials: Cyber risk assessment firm Cyble has discovered more than half a million stolen Zoom credentials being sold on the Dark Web for almost nothing. The stolen info included usernames, passwords, meeting IDs, and host keys.

4 Zoom Cybersecurity Tips To Keep Your Meetings Safe

  1. Don’t Share Meeting Info On Social Media. It may be easier to get the word out about your next big meeting by using social media, but without the right security settings in place, anyone can get that info. If you need to share an invite, do it directly over email.
  2. Set A Password For Your Meeting. In Zoom’s settings, you can enable a password requirement for all instant meetings.
  3. Enable Default Encryption. In the advanced settings, make sure to enable H.323 and SIP Encryption.
  4. Verify Links. Hackers have been acquiring Zoom-based domain names to trick users into clicking the wrong meeting invites. All legitimate links will have”zoom.us” in them.

If you’re worried about your work-from-home technologies or cybersecurity, then don’t try to handle it all on your own. The Network Security Associates team will help you evaluate your remote capabilities as a whole to make sure you’re not missing out on useful solutions or taking on any unnecessary risks.